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Alderholt

Village and parish in Dorset, England

Village and parish in Dorset, England

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countryEngland
coordinates
official_nameAlderholt
static_image_nameCharing Cross Cottage. - geograph.org.uk - 44042.jpg
static_image_captionCharing Cross, Alderholt
population
population_ref()
civil_parishAlderholt
unitary_englandDorset
lieutenancy_englandDorset
regionSouth West England
constituency_westminsterNorth Dorset
post_townFordingbridge
postcode_areaSP
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dial_code01425
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london_distance_mi82
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Alderholt ( ) is a large village and civil parish in east Dorset, England; situated 3 mi west of Fordingbridge. The parish includes the hamlets of Crendell and Cripplestyle. The parish had a population of 3,195 at the 2021 census.

The village has a Co-op Food convenience store, veterinary clinic and part-time GP surgery. There are three churches in the village: Alderholt Chapel, St James' Church of England, and the Tabernacle Gospel Church.

The village also has a large recreation ground with a sports and social club, two tennis courts, and a children's play area.

Transport

The main road running through the village is the B3078 connecting Alderholt to Fordingbridge and Shaftesbury.

Until 1964, Alderholt was served by Daggons Road railway station, west of the village on a line connecting to Fordingbridge and Salisbury to the north, and Verwood and Wimborne to the south.

Governance

The civil parish was created in 1894. A book was published in 1994 by Alderholt Parish Council recording parish details and interest over the 100 years.

Alderholt is in Dorset unitary district. It is part of the Cranborne and Alderholt ward which elects 1 member to Dorset Council.

Historically, Alderholt was in Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District from 1894 to 1974, and then East Dorset from 1974 until the creation of Dorset unitary district in 2019.

Demographics

CensusPopulationHouseholds200120112021
3,113
3,1711,263
3,1951,313

References

References

  1. "Parish Profiles". Office for National Statistics.
  2. (2011). "Alderholt Chapel". alderholtchapel.org.
  3. Kelly's Directory of Dorset, 1895
  4. "Area profile for Cranborne & Alderholt - Dorset Council".
  5. "Alderholt Ch/CP through time {{!}} Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit".
  6. "Parish and ward 2011".
  7. "Alderholt Parish".
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